.. the F.B.I. got involved because the sexting went interstate . That made it a federal crime . As a result , the Bureau seized all 6 of Weiner ‘ s and Abedin ‘ s computers . That is where the copies of emails were found ..

.. congressional oversight is an important part of Congress ‘ job . Besides the making of law and the changing of law , understanding and investigating what is going on in the government at large is damned important . However , Congress is only one part of a 3 – part system of government …

.. Congress relies on the separation of powers . Congress can issue a subpoena , but it relies on the other two branches to enforce a subpoena . The judicial branch will clearly enforce one , but what about when the executive branch is clearly failing to do its job ….

….Right now , I believe the Executive branch is failing in its duty . They should be acting to enforce a Congressional subpoena . However , right now , they are not doing so . They are actively working to obstruct the work of Congress by failing to do so . Worse is the conduct detailed here …

.. [h/t — LegalInsurrection.com]..
.. [link] to the news article …

… from Investor ‘ s Business Daily [ and Legal Insurrection.com]…

DOJ Working With Elijah Cummings To Protect The IRS

An aide to the attorney general accidentally calls the office of the House Oversight Committee chairman, asking for help in spinning the defense of the agency whose head just said they obey the law when they can.

We have commented many times of the all-too-cozy relationship between the IRS and Democratic members of the House and Senate, with members writing to the agency demanding that specific conservative groups and political action committees they find particularly irritating be subject to the “special scrutiny” that the Tea Party and other conservative and religious groups were subjected to in the ongoing scandal.

Of particular interest to us has been Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member on Rep. Darrell Issa’s House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, who has made every effort to keep the committee from finding out the true extent of IRS corruption and abuse of power in its targeting of conservatives…

Now we have Brian Fallon, a former aide to New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and a communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder, who mistakenly called Issa’s office thinking it was the office of Cummings and asked for help in leaking documents to selected reporters for the purpose of creating media spin before Issa and his committee could make them public.

As Jonathan Strong reports at Breitbart News, now the subject of an IRS audit, a letter sent by Issa to Holder about the call “describes Fallon as ‘audibly shaken’ when he realizes his request to leak documents to help get ahead of news stories about them was mistakenly made to the very office he was seeking to undermine.”

.. The Executive is actually acting in concert with the House minority to obstruct the investigative acts of the House majority . They are leaking news stories through to the House DemoCraps , who then leak them to so – called ” friendly ” members of the LameStream media . They do it to try to get ahead of a news story in order to manage a news cycle …

.. it is , to say the least , not what they should be doing . They should be co – operating with the House and the Senate , fairly and equally , no matter who runs the place . Conspiring with one side against the other helps to damage our system of government and helps to endanger our rights …

.. General Flynn should know from where he speaks . He was the former head of the Defense Intelllligence Agency for a number of years during the ObamaCrap Administration . He was on the inside , so he knows …

.. but it is worse than that . I think that it is two different things …

.. one is fanciful denial . The ObamaCraps have their heads so far up their asses that their heads are in the clouds . They have no god ‘ s honest idea of what is going on , or why . That is why they continue to deny what has been going on …

.. the other is criminal malfeasance …

.. I have another , but I want to hold back [for now] for putting it into use . I want to be damn sure about what I am speaking about when I throw that kind of accusation at our own President . It is something that I never thought would ever occur in our country , though …

.. incredibly stupid . They may well have been hip – deep into the IRSGate scandal …

.. e – mails from Ms. Lerner [e – mails that everyone thought had been lost for good] have been recovered through a court fight over a F.O.I.A. request by the conservative group Cause of Action . A federal judge has dropped the hammer on the Department of Injustice and the Department of Treasury [specifically , the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Admin , or TIGTA] to search for Ms. lerner ‘ s e – mails ….

.. So far , they have found over 30,000 . About 2,500 of them [yes , 2,500] are responsive vis-à-vis the ObamaCrap White House … Whoops ! …

.. what is in them has not been revealed , yet . When it is reavealed , it will make for very , very interesting reading ….

.. unlike Miz Hillary , who still seems to think that all of this is a ” security review , ” it is a real , honest – to goodness criminal investigation , folks . It is that simple …

.. the F.B.I. does not devote more than 125 special agents to a criminal investigation for their health and welfare . They do it because they are fairly sure that there re crimes that haave been committed . They are fairly sure of the mastermind [Miz HIllary and Mr. Bill] and her aides are helpmates . So they are on a hunt for the evidence that they need to prove their conclusions that they believe happened ..

.. the A.G. is now almost [but not quite] effectively locked out from screwing around w. any recommendations from the task force . If indictments are recommended [and I expect this to happen ] , she cannot stop it . If she tries , the recommendations will leak , and this generation will learn of its own ” Saturday Night Massacre …”

.. this case resulted from a police chase that started in downtown Cleveland . Two perpetrators took off in their car , and one hell of a lot of cops [more than a dozen] took off after them . They were chased eastward , towards the suburbs of East Cleveland and Euclid , and they were finally stopped by stop sticks …

.. what happened next is what has caused such an uproar . The police officers opened fire on the couple ,for whatever reasons I do not know . That couple was unarmed . Officer Brelo jumped up on the couple ‘ s car , and continued to fire at them . Both of them [the couple] died as a result of the altercation …

.. the ObamaCrap toadies at the Department of InJustice cannot be this blind and this indifferent to the cause of justice . unfortunately , it appears that they are just so …

.. it is clear from the evidence revealed [so far] that that Planned Murderhood and its minions have been in gross misuse and contempt for federal law . It is abundantly clear that they have been engaging in the trade of buying and selling body parts of dead babies . Thus doing so is clearly in violation of federal law . So what are the feds doing about it ?? ..

.. oh , you can bet that the F.B.I. will recommend that Miz Hillary will face criminal charges . The only questions are how many and of what type ?? ..

.. misdemeanors ? felonies ? . Count on it ..

.. there are huge mountains of evidence about Miz Hillary and her criminal offenses . Tht is just from information in the public arena . Just imagine about what the Bureau has gathered , and even more about wht that they have been able to reconstitute from the server . Wow !! ..

.. that the F.B.I. will reach what I believe will be a ” Come to jesus ” point in its investigation of Miz Hillary [and , likewise , about the Clinton machine] ..

.. they will have gathered a great deal of evidence . This evidence will likely have been presented [in secret] before a federal grand jury . It will be a an investigative grand jury , not necessarily a regular [criminal] one . It will be one that is used to gather evidence and other information . The decisions about who to charge and what to charge them with will be made elsewhere ..

.. the F.B.I. will present its case to the ObamaCrap Department of InJustice . in its report , they will make there recommendations about what those decisions should be . Then the A.G. [Loretta Lynch] will have to make the toughest decisions of her life and her career ..

.. she can make the decision to charge . If she does , then the course of the current political campaign will likely be changed , probably forever . In all likelihood , Hillary Clinton will be forced from the presidential race ..

.. she can then make the decision not to charge . If she does not do so , then it is very , very likely that there will be repercussions from those decision . People will resign their positions at the F.B.I. , UP TO AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDING Director James comey , himself . That event will also irretrievably alter the course of the campaign ..

.. sooner or later , the F.B.I. is going to call her in for an interview . I also think that it will not be long for that interview to take place..

.. sheis damned if she does , and she is damned if she does not.Why ?? ..

..if she ” takes the5th , ” her dream of becming the first female POTUS will just about be over. The F.B.I. will likely leak the news out of her claim , if her campaign does not do it first . That claim will do grave damage to her chances . Her chances will not be over , though. But , her campaign will be gravely wounded ..

.. if she does not , then the Bureau will squarely have her in their cross – hairs . She has lied so many times to so many people …. she cannot possibly keep all of her fibs straight . And for each one ..

.. perjury , or lying to federal investigators , is a felony , punishable by 5 years in prison , and at least a $50k fine [at a minimum]..

.. simple the criminal referral goes to the AG . The indictment is handed down by the Grand Jury . The suspect are brought to justice ..

.. [-] a court of Public Opinion ..

.. the same . However , there is political interference , likely from THE ObamaCrap White House . the F.B.I. learns of it , and leaks the relevant details to the News media . As well , a number of F.B.I. agents walk out in protest .The only quest then is , how senior are they ? Is one of
them the Director ?!?! ..

.. why ? You do not interview someone that you are likely to clear from an investigation , especially a criminal investigation . You ” do your homework , ” then [if you think that it will be needed] you call in the leading suspects [targets] for interviews ..

.. what are you supposed to do ? Put them in jail , you damn idiots . You indict them , charge them , and try them .Once you do try them , then you make damn sure that you convict them and send them to prison…

.. McDonald is [was] a 19 – year – old teenager who was targeted by a police officer while after the commission of a crime . McDonald was carrying a knife while being confronted by a police officer . In that case , no major sweat . McD refused to surrender ..

.. what happened next is what has caused all of the conundrum . The officer [Ptl. Jason Van Dyke] confronted McDonald , and then the cop open fire on McD . One or two times would be enough . But Van Dyke shot at him 16 to 18 times . That is truly outrageous ..

.. the sum of the whole situation regarding BenghaziGate calls for taking the possibility of any criminal investigation out of the hands of the ObamaCrap Department of InJustice . It needs to be better placed in the hands of an Independent Counsel . An I.C. could far more easily resist the entreaties of the potential monkeyshines coming out of the ObamaCrap White House ..

.. evidence recovery is a tricky business . Many agencies can at least do some of it . However , there are some agencies that are the very best in the business at what they do . Among them is the F.B.I. ..

.. when you deal with an email server , remember , it is a piece of electronics . Dealing with it involves some very sophisticated training , software , and personnel . However , documents can be recovered , if you know what you are doing , and how to do it …

.. it seems that Bill and Hillary Clinton were and are paranoid about their security . They spend tens of millions of dollars of legal fees during his years in office , as well as afterwards . Their marriage was tested , very nearly to the limit . So they wanted their own little private email server for their own use . That included Miz Hillary ‘ s use while she was in office as SecState ..

.. however , they may well have made a huge blunder . They erased the hard drive on their server while she was under investigation for various offenses . That is a very bad idea , one that can land either one or both of the them in jail . However, the F.B.I. came to the rescue ..

.. the F.B.I. has all sorts of technical experts in various fields . When called upon , they can recover evidence that very many people would believe would be impossible to recover . Well , the F.B.I. came through , and recovered a great many emails from the Clintons ‘ private server ..

.. heather McDonald is a wizard of academics . She is a long – time scholar at the Manhattan Institute . Anytime that she agrees to testify before a body , that body should watch out . She will give it all that she has , and then some , before that body ..

.. On this occasion , she was testifying before the US Senate Judiciary committee . The subject of the hearing was this ” so – called ” criminal justice reform . The subject seems to be all of the rage these days …

.. Except Heather did her homework . She is an expert academic , and prepared her butt off for her testimony before the committee …

.. she nailed it . The increase in the prison population over the last 25 years has not been , as it has appeared to be , due to drug offenders . Well , then ? What did cause it ? Violent crime , of course . It always does , and McDonald nailed it right on the head . ..

.. this testimony should help to greatly slow down , orperhaps , even stop , the momentum towards this ” so – called ” criminal justice reform . What it is is a sof on criminals and soft – on – crime approach to police and policing

.. the power of the state to indict is an awesome power . It is one that is supposed to be used wisely , and not without reason or judgement . in this case , police officer Darren Wilson was held up to the harsh light of the grand jury and its judgement ..

.. the thumb drive with her e – mails was also seized . It was in the possession of Miz Hillary ‘ s personal lawyer , David Kendall …. by the by , Kendall also did not have a valid security clearance ….. whoops !! ..

.. Marion ” Suge ” Knight is the quintecential scumbag . He made to the top of the rap industry on the bodies of others …

.. for many years Knight has [literally] gotten away with murder . If any rapper of note opposed Knight , they were shot at , left unemployed , or , in some cases , left for dead on some sidewalk . Knight was the literal play – for – keeps scumbag . He was willing to commit murder to get his way …

.. just ask gangta rapper Tupac Shakur . Shakur was one of the earliest and the best known , as well as the most talented of rappers . But he opposed Knight , literally . He hated his guts , even though the two of them put together Death Row Records . So , bye – bye Tupac …

.. well now , Knight ‘ s deadly run of ruin appears to be over . he has been indicted on first degree murder charges . to make sure that his fat fannie stays in jail , his bail figure was set at an astonishing $25 million . Well , even Knight can’t raise that kind of scratch . In jail he stays …

.. thankfully , even as loonie as California has become , it still knows how to conduct criminal justice . Knight is on indictment for first degree murder . So , if he is convicted , Knight is very likely to get the death penalty . Maybe Florence , Co awaits [the Federal Super – Max prison] …

.. if these accusations were only occasional , or only a one – off occurrence , then it would not be worthwhile of comment . But , they keep occurring . The details keep getting more lurid and disgusting . Also , it continues to be happening at sex parties with other people . He may be able to pay off people for now , but not for long …

.. I think that there is a very serious problem here . Bryan Singer is in need of a very strong reality check . He should keep his private life where it is , indeed , private . If he does not , he could join the likes of famous luminaries such as Fatty Arbuckle who have had their careers derailed and sank by scandal …

.. basically , Chip Hagan is profiting from stimulus grants from the HUGE federal stimulus program …. one that his wife voted on in the Senate …

.. not only that .. when Chip Hagan did the work , and under budget , the Hagans pocketed the money …. in particular , the Hagan s youngest son , Kevin …

.. huge whoops …

.. the political timing could have been better … by a couple of days … something like this is deadly at this stage of the campaign . It may well still , because it will be on the local news , and in the newspapers in the morning …

.. the rules of the C.B.A. [the collective bargaining agreement] generally act to protect the rights of the players . Legally , as well as constitutionally . So , if there is a provision of the CBA that is in contravention of ” public policy , ” then it is illegal , and has no legal effect . Ditto with constitutional rights …

.. it is encumbent on players to be honest with their teams and the league . No matter how embarrassing the incident . Provisions of the CBA (especially the NFL’s) penalize people (even owners , such as Indy ‘ s Jim Irsay) who violate policies of conduct . That most definitely includes lying to your team , your coaches , and most of all , the league as a whole …

… What I understand here is this …. Ray Rice apparantly told the truth to his team [the Baltimore Ugh – Ravens] and the NFL . He can omit even a little , as long as long as it is not material . That would then be a lie of omission …

.. It is clearly evident from the first videotape that Rice ” clocked ” Janay Palmer . That is very easy to see , and to assume . She walked up to the elevator , and in with him . He then dragged her out by her shoulders and hair . It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out what happened …

.. then , when disciplined by the league , Rice told the truth , as best as I can tell . He punched . Oh boy , did he ever . He was then punished , according to the rules at the time [a 2 – game suspension] . The reaction to that action has been a honey …

.. Now , he has been punished again , for the second video . Baltimore is well withing its rights to release Rice . That is a part of the business of football . Rice became ” radioactive . ” But , the league errered …

.. more to come …

— [update] — Rice has appealed his added suspension to an independent arbitrator . Goodell has been ordered by that arbitrator to appear at the hearing . I think that his added suspension is going to be overturned …

.. also , Rice is too radioactive to be picked up for this season . Once his added suspension is thrown out [as I expect] , then the league will likely settle with rice for the balance of his contract . It is the league , not the ugh – Ravens who royally scrwewed up . Sometime next year , someone [another N.F.L. team] will take a chance on him …..

.. this is a repeater for me . The Dems in the Virginia legislature screamed bloody murder over this guy [Phillip Puckett] being offered a state job , and his daughter a judgeship , if he would resign from THE Va Senate . The thing is that Puckett ‘ s resigination flipped the Viginia Senate over to GOP control …

.. to their horror , the McAuliffe administration [he , the Lieutenant Governor , and the AG , Mark Henning] are all embroiled in it . They knew about the job offer , or had to know about it . Henning should well be investigating it , but it is now a federal probe , but ….

.. and , it is the Washington ComPost that uncovered it . Oops . Basically , McAuliffe is a dead man walking . He is gone . Va legislative elections are next year , and part of the debate will be the ” I ” word [impeachment] . McAuliffe will go , he will have to . If he does not , then the legislature will kick him out . The LG , too …

.. from most of the facts in , Micheal Brown provoked the attack on police officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson PD . Brown and his ” friend ” were insolent and insulting , and then turned on and attacked Officer Wilson . So far , from the evidence , that is what I believe precipitated the shooting …

.. anyone who attacks a police officer , either with a head butt or with a punch is asking to be shot at . The cop is injured . The perp starts to flee , and then turns , and charges at the officer . That is a prescription for getting your butt shot at multiple times …